"Kamal R. Prasad" <k.prasad@attbi.com> wrote> stanford is doing leading work in the area of compiler optimizations led by> Prof. Monica Lam. they have a compiler called SUIF which is a study case> (along with lex and yacc) in most compiler courses.

I studied in the compiler group at MIT. They too have a strong
program. A rather interesting project there is called RAW. They have
designed a new architecture based on a single IC network of 16 MIPS
processors. They're designing everything from the ground up.

At MIT they also use the SUIF compiler infrastructure for most of
their compiler development. It's a beast, but it's produced a lot of
degrees.